A (very) quiet day...

My (big) boy is having a play date today, and despite my very best efforts to force my (little) boy to stay awake and play with me, he'd much rather sleep! So... I've been forced to try and entertain myself. ;)

After a tea and a lovely snack of toast with apple butter, I got to 'work' on playing along with some challenges.

Lucky me, today is new colours day at one of my favourite challenges, the ColourQ (btw, if you haven't played along with them, you really should. They have a great team who comes up with wicked colour combinations - and the DT cards are always so pretty). Today's colours were Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade, Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie and White.

I used the colours to make this cute little Hot Chocolate holder for my son's friends for halloween. I found the tutorial on YouTube and couldn't wait to try it. I ended up making two of them exactly the same. They are going to two sisters, so I didn't want one to turn out better than the other ;)

Boo! 

 (CQC107)

I also played, for the first time (!!), along with Friday Mashup. How cool is that concept?! Their challenge this week was to choose one of the following:
1. Create a card with snowflakes
2. Create and easel card
3. Or "Mash it up" and create an easel card with snowflakes


I love the quote here: "A snowflake is winter's butterfly". I have a thing for snowflakes. I find them absolutely fascinating, and in fact, I have one tattooed on my foot.

I chose to do the mashup #3. I just recently learned how to create a twisted easel card when I was a guest at an SU demonstrator meeting, and couldn't want to try one for myself from scratch. Also, for the first time, I tried my hand at paper-piecing. Although time-consuming, I love the results and had tons of fun.

Merry Christmas

(FM28)

I'll be attending a Christmas Card class on Friday, and after that, I think I'll be done with Christmas cards for this year! Yipee!

Materials used for "Boo":

(All SU unless otherwise stated)

Cardstock:Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade, Pumpkin Pie

Paper: "Pocketful of Posies" DSP, "Well Worn" DSP

Stamps: "Boo!" from Tiny Tags

Ink: Early Espresso

Embellishments: Lucky Limade ruffled ribbon, Pumpkins (??)

Tools: Decorative Label punch, Corner rounder (EK)

 

Materials used for "Merry Christmas":

(All SU unless otherwise stated)

Cardstock:Early Espresso, Pool Party, Whisper White

Paper: "Mom's Diner" and some random plaid (both Recollections)

Stamps: "Merry Christmas" and snowflakes (Recollections)

Ink: Pool Party, Chocolate Chip

Embellishments: Pool Party ruffled ribbon, White ribbon (??)

Tools: Large Oval punch, Decorative Label punch, Scallop edge punch (EK)

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

-tb:oxo